BLOODY BRILLIANT

The well-documented love-hate relationship between filmmaker Werner Herzog and his muse, the egomaniacal Klaus Kinski, brought about some of the finest works of German cinema. Just in time for Halloween, IFC presents a fresh 35mm print of their most haunting collaboration: Nosferatu the Vampyre, starring a deathly pale bat-like Kinski with bald head, pointy ears, long fingernails, and sharp rats teeth. Herzog's dark homage to F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent film concerns an estate agent who makes the mistake of showing a portrait of his lovely wife (Isabelle Adjani) to his client, the lonely Dracula. Death, destruction, and a town overrun with more than 11,000 live rats ensue.
Oct. 30-Nov. 4, 2008